About Autumn
Autumn Altamirano is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma. She also supports those coping with low self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship tension, grief, and life changes. Autumn writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
She brings ten years of experience across independent practice, outpatient clinics, and school-based settings. Autumn grew up in Orange County, California, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Background and approach
She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. Autumn holds LCSW credentials in Tennessee and California. Her style is warm and straightforward.
She centers sessions on the person in front of her and treats clients as the experts on their lives. Together she and the client set goals and pick steps that feel doable between appointments. Autumn uses a blend of practical techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness, alongside attachment-informed work and motivational interviewing when those approaches fit.
That means sessions might include simple skill practice, tracking thoughts and behaviors, and talking through past patterns that still affect relationships. Sessions focus on concrete change and steady progress. Autumn often helps people build coping tools for panic, manage compulsive behaviors, sort family communication problems, and address caregiver stress.
She aims for clear plans clients can use outside the therapy hour.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Autumn often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. That approach is useful for anxiety, panic, OCD patterns, and mood problems because it focuses on clear, teachable skills.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. That work involves talking through relationship history, noticing repeating patterns, and trying new interaction strategies to improve communication and trust.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Autumn will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust the plan over time. Finding the right mix of skills work and relational exploration happens together, not all at once.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls make it possible to have face-to-face conversations without travel. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing between sessions or use a lower-intensity check-in when life is busy. These options help therapy fit into work, caregiving, or other daily demands while still allowing consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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